Annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation

the Convention on International Civil Aviation International Standards and Recommended Practices adopted by the Council in accordance with Articles 54, 37 and 90 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation. Associated with the Standards and Recommended Practices, which for convenience are designated as Annexes to the Convention, are explanatory forewords, notes and, in some cases, additional guidance material, approved by the Council for inclusion within the covers of the individual Annexes and intended to assist in the implementation of the Standards and Recommended Practices.
Annex 1 Personnel Licensing. 11th edition Amendment 170. Annex 2 Rules of the Air. The rules in Annex 2 consist of general rules, visual flight rules and instrument flight rules and apply without exception over the high seas and over national territories to the extent that they do not conflict with the rules of the State being overflown. 10th edition, July 2005. Amendment 43 Annex 3 Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation. Part I Core SARPs. Part II Appendices and Attachments. This Annex comprises the Standards, Recommended Practices and certain guidance material governing the provision of meteorological services to international air navigation. 17th edition Amendment 75. Annex 4 Aeronautical Charts. The Standards and Recommended Practices Charts. 11th edition July 2009. Amendment 56 applicable to Aeronautical

Annex 5 Units of Measurement to be Used in Air and Ground Operations. This Annex comprises the Standards and Recommended Practices for dimensional units to be used in air and ground operations. The Annex deals with the standard application of units of measurement and termination of the use of non-SI units. Attachments to the Annex contain material describing the development of the International System of Units (SI) and guidance on the application of the SI, conversion factors, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), and presentation of date and time in all-numeric form. 5th edition Amendments 17. July 2010. Annex 6 Operation of Aircraft. Part I International Commercial Air Transport Aeroplanes. This document specifies international Standards and Recommended Practices for aeroplanes used in international commercial air transport operation carrying passengers or freight. The Annex addresses flight operations; performance operating limitations;

aeroplane instruments, equipment and flight documents; aeroplane communication and navigation equipment; aeroplane maintenance; flight crew; flight operations officers/flight dispatchers; manuals, logs and records; cabin crew; security; lights to be displayed in the air and on the ground during operations; contents of an operations manual; and flight time and flight duty period limitations. 9th edition July 2010. Amendment 36 Part II International General Aviation Aeroplanes. This document specifies international Standards and Recommended Practices for aeroplanes used in international general aviation operations. The Annex addresses flight preparation and in-flight procedures; performance operating limitations; aeroplane instruments and equipment; aeroplane communication and navigation equipment; aeroplane maintenance; flight crew; lights to be displayed in the air and on the ground during operations; flight recorders; and carriage and use of oxygen. 7th edition, July 2008. Amendment 31 Part III International Operations Helicopters. This document is divided into three sections. The first section deals with definitions and applicability, the second section with international Standards and Recommended Practices governing international commercial air transport operations, and the third section with international Standards and Recommended Practices governing international general aviation operations. 7th edition July 2010. Amendment 17 Annex 7 Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks. This Annex contains standards adopted by ICAO as the minimum standards for the display of marks to indicate appropriate nationality and registration marks which have been determined to comply with Article 20 of the Convention. The provisions in the Annex provide definitions, location and measurement of nationality and registration marks as well as the standard form for the certificate of registration. 6th edition July 2012 Amendment 6. Annex 8 Airworthiness of Aircraft. This Annex contains the Standards and Recommended Practices for the airworthiness of aircraft. Part I of the Annex provides definitions. Part II contains general airworthiness procedures applicable to all aircraft together with the standard format for the certificate of airworthiness. Part IIIA contains the minimum airworthiness characteristics of aeroplanes over 5 700 kg for which application for certification was submitted on or after 13 June 1960. Part IIIB contains the minimum airworthiness characteristics of aeroplanes over 5 700 kg for which application for certification was submitted on or after 2 March 2004. Part IVA contains the minimum airworthiness characteristics of helicopters for which application for certification was submitted on or after 22 March 1991. Part IVB contains the minimum airworthiness characteristics of helicopters for which application for certification will be submitted on or after 13 December 2007. Part V contains the minimum airworthiness characteristics of aeroplanes over 750 kg but not exceeding 5 700 kg for which application for certification will be submitted on or after 13 December 2007. 11th edition July 2010. Amendment 103

Annex 9 Facilitation. Annex 9 contains Standards and Recommended Practices, and related definitions and appendices concerning the facilitation of international air transport. They are the outcome of Article 37 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation which requires ICAO to adopt international Standards and Recommended Practices dealing with, inter alia, customs and immigration procedures and such other matters concerned with the safety, regularity and efficiency of air navigation. 13th edition, July 2011 Amendment 22. Annex 10 Aeronautical Telecommunications. The five volumes of this document contain Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), Procedures for Air Navigation Services (PANS) and guidance material on aeronautical communication, navigation and surveillance systems. Volume I Radio Navigation Aids. Volume I of Annex 10 contains Standards and Recommended Practices and guidance material for the global navigation satellite system (GNSS), navigation aids such as instrument landing system (ILS), microwave landing system (MLS), VHF omnidirectional radio range (VOR), nondirectional radio beacon (NDB) and distance measuring equipment (DME). 6th edition July 2006 Amendment 87. Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status. Volume II of Annex 10 contains general, administrative and operational procedures pertaining to aeronautical fixed and mobile communications. 6th edition July 2001. Amendment 87 Volume III Communication Systems. (Part I Digital Data Communication Systems; Part II Voice Communication Systems). Volume III of Annex 10 contains Standards and Recommended Practices and guidance material for various air-ground and ground-ground voice and data communication systems, including aeronautical telecommunication network (ATN), aeronautical mobile-satellite service (AMSS), secondary surveillance radar (SSR) Mode S air-ground data link, very high frequency (VHF) air-ground digital link (VDL), aeronautical fixed telecommunication network (AFTN), aircraft addressing system, high frequency data link (HFDL), aeronautical mobile service, selective calling system (SELCAL), aeronautical speech circuits and emergency locator transmitter (ELT). 2nd edition July 2007. Amendment 87 Volume IV Surveillance and Collision Avoidance Systems. Volume IV of Annex 10 contains Standards and Recommended Practices and guidance material for secondary surveillance radar (SSR) and airborne collision avoidance systems (ACAS), including SARPs for SSR Mode A, Mode C and Mode S; and the technical characteristics of ACAS. 4th edition July 2007. Amendment 87 Volume V Aeronautical Radio Frequency Spectrum Utilization. Volume V of Annex 10 contains Standards and Recommended Practices and guidance material on the utilization of aeronautical frequencies. 2nd edition July 2001 Amendment 87

Annex 11 Air Traffic Services. Annex 11 defines air traffic services and specifies the worldwide Standards and Recommended Practices applicable in the provision of these services. 13th edition July 2001 Amendment 48 Annex 12 Search and Rescue. This Annex sets forth the provisions applicable to the establishment, maintenance and operation of search and rescue services by Member States in their territories and over the high seas. Annex 12 is complemented by the three-volume International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual (Doc 9731) which provides guidelines for a common aviation and maritime approach to organization and provision of search and rescue services. 8th edition, July 2004. Amendment 18. Annex 13 Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation. Annex 13 contains the international Standards and Practices for aircraft accident and incident investigation. 10th edition July 2010 Amendment 13. Recommended

Annex 14 Aerodromes. Volume I Aerodrome Design and Operations. Annex 14, Volume I, contains Standards and Recommended Practices that prescribe the physical characteristics, obstacle limitation surfaces and visual aids to be provided at aerodromes, as well as certain facilities and technical services normally provided at an aerodrome. 5th edition July 2009. Amendment 10-B Volume II Heliports. Annex 14, Volume II, contains Standards and Recommended Practices covering aspects of heliport planning, design and operations. 3rd edition July 2009 Amendment 4 Annex 15 Aeronautical Information Services. The Standards and Recommended Practices applicable Information Services. 13th edition July 2010 Amendment 36. to Aeronautical

Annex 16 Environmental Protection. Volume I Aircraft Noise. This volume contains the Standards and Recommended Practices for aircraft noise certification. It also covers international specifications relating to aircraft noise measurement and evaluation methods. 6th edition July 2010 Amendment 10. Volume II Aircraft Engine Emissions. This volume contains Standards and Recommended Practices for aircraft engine emissions certification. 3rd edition July 2008. Amendment 7 Annex 17 Security. Annex 17 contains Standards and Recommended Practices concerned with the security of international air transport and is amended regularly to address the evolving threat. A comprehensive document for

implementation of security measures, it incorporates an attachment of extracts from other Annexes, the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (Doc 9284), and Procedures for Air Navigation Services, focusing on action to be taken by States to prevent unlawful interference with civil aviation, or when such interference occurs. 9th edition March 2011 Amendment 12. Annex 18 The Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air. This Annex contains the broad principles governing the international transport of dangerous goods by air. To assist in achieving compatibility with other modes of transport, the provisions of this Annex are based on material developed by the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency. 4th edition July 2011 Amendment 10. PANS Procedures for Air Navigation Services Procedures developed mostly through the ICAO divisional-type meetings and approved by the Council for worldwide application. They comprise, for the most part, operating procedures regarded as not yet having obtained a sufficient degree of maturity for adoption as international Standards and Recommended Practices, or material of a more permanent character which is inappropriate or too detailed for incorporation in an Annex. Doc 4444 ATM Air Traffic Management. These procedures are complementary to the Standards and Recommended Practices contained in Annex 2 and Annex 11 and specify, in greater detail than in the Standards and Recommended Practices, the actual procedures to be applied by air traffic services units in providing the various air traffic services to air traffic. 15th edition, 2007. Amendment 4 Doc 8168 OPS Aircraft Operations. Volume I Flight Procedures. This volume describes operational procedures recommended for the guidance of flight operations personnel. It also outlines the various parameters on which the criteria in Volume II are based so as to illustrate the need for operational personnel including flight crew to adhere strictly to the published procedures in order to achieve and maintain an acceptable level of safety in operations. 5th edition 2006 Amendment 4 Volume II Construction of Visual and Instrument Flight Procedures. This volume is intended for the guidance of procedures specialists and describes the essential areas and obstacle clearance requirements for the achievement of safe, regular instrument flight operations. It provides the basic guidelines to States, and those operators and organizations producing instrument flight charts that will result in

uniform practices at all aerodromes where instrument flight procedures are carried out. 5th edition 2006 Amendment 4 Doc 8400 ABC ICAO Abbreviations and Codes. Abbreviations and Codes approved by the Council of ICAO for worldwide use in the international aeronautical telecommunication service and in aeronautical information documents, as appropriate, and uniform abbreviated phraseology for use in pre-flight information bulletins. 8th edition 2010 Amendments 30 Doc 9868 Training. These PANS contain material that provides for the uniform implementation of the training required for the pilot licences and ratings found in Annex 1, including the multi-crew pilot licence MPL). This document is complementary to the Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) contained in Annex 1 Personnel Licensing and specifies, in greater detail than in the SARPs, the actual procedures to be applied by training organizations in providing training for aeronautical personnel. 1st edition, 2006. Amendment 1

ABOUT ICAO
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations and was created with the signing in Chicago, on 7 December 1944, of the Convention on International Civil Aviation. ICAO is the permanent body charged with the administration of the principles laid out in the Convention. It sets the standards for aviation safety, security, efficiency and regularity, as well as for aviation environmental protection. ICAOs membership comprises 191 Member States. Its headquarters are in Montral and it has regional offices in Bangkok, Cairo, Dakar, Lima, Mexico City, Nairobi and Paris. The aims and objectives of ICAO, as contained in Article 44 of the Chicago Convention, are to develop the principles and techniques of international air navigation and to foster the planning and development of international air transport so as to: ensure the safe and orderly growth of international civil aviation throughout the world; encourage the arts of aircraft design and operation for peaceful purposes; encourage the development of airways, airports and air navigation facilities for international civil aviation; meet the needs of the peoples of the world for safe, regular, efficient and economical air transport; prevent economic waste caused by unreasonable competition; ensure that the rights of Member States are fully respected and that every Member State has a fair opportunity to operate international airlines; avoid discrimination between Member States; promote safety of flight in international air navigation; and promote generally the development of all aspects of international civil aeronautics. The constitution of ICAO is the Convention on International Civil Aviation to which each ICAO Member State is a party. The Organization has a sovereign body, the Assembly, and a governing body, the Council. The chief officers are the President of the Council and the Secretary General.

The Assembly, composed of representatives from all Member States, meets every three years, reviewing in detail the complete work of the Organization and setting policy for the coming years. It also decides on a triennial budget. The Council, composed of representatives from 36 States, is elected by the Assembly for a three-year term and provides continuing direction to the work of ICAO. One of the major duties of the Council is to adopt International Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and to incorporate these into the Annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. The Council is assisted by its subsidiary bodies (the Air Transport Committee, the Committee on Joint Support of Air Navigation Services, the Finance Committee, the Committee on Unlawful Interference, the Human Resources Committee and the Cooperation Committee) and by the Air Navigation Commission. Technical

The Secretariat, headed by the Secretary General, has five main divisions: the Air Navigation Bureau, the Air Transport Bureau, the Technical Co-operation Bureau, the Legal Affairs and External Relations Bureau, and the Bureau of Administration and Services. ICAO works in close collaboration with other specialized agencies of the United Nations such as the International Maritime Organization, the International Telecommunication Union, and the World Meteorological Organization. The International Air Transport Association, the Airports Council International, the International Federation of Air Line Pilots= Associations, and other international organizations participate in many ICAO meetings.